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republicans learned Irish in
prison (a
phenomenon known as "
Jailtacht", a pun on Gaeltacht), and
conversed regularly with each
other through...
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Gheimhsceirde (from
gheimhridh 'winter' and
sceird 'exposed to winds')
Jailtacht (from
English jail and
Gaeltacht 'Irish-speaking region'): the community...
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Gerry Adams,
learned Irish while in prison, a
development known as the
Jailtacht. Laws p****ed by the
Parliament of
Northern Ireland, and
still in force...
- For
republican prisoners,
learning the
Irish language in
prison (aka '
Jailtacht')
became a way in
which to set
themselves apart vis-à-vis the British...
-
cultural reasons and to keep
secrets from warders. This was
dubbed the "
Jailtacht", a
portmanteau of "jail" and "Gaeltacht", the name for an Irish-speaking...
